Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Merry Christmas Moose

DO NOT BLOW UP THIS PHOTO IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH

So Jathan got a call on Christmas Eve morning, asking him if he wanted to help harvest a moose that had been hit on the freeway.
One thing I love about Alaska is that they don't let things go to waste... such as a moose that has been hit. Unlike many other states where they throw away a perfectly good... I don't know... buffalo or what not!
You can have your name put on a list and when your turn comes you have to come get the moose. This is not a small job! These are incredibly large animals.... and it is a DIRTY JOB! In fact I think we should call Mike Rowe from the show "Dirty Jobs" next time! I love him by the way!
I sent Jathan with the camera and asked him to get a few photos. Uhhhh I did not realize how bloody these photos would be. I guess I don't really know what sort of photos I was expecting to get. This photo was the least gory.

(I can't believe I am posting this photo. But hey this is a blog about our lives... and this is part of our lives!)
All the men involved in this project split up the meat. So we will soon have about a hundred lbs of ground Moose. Nothing like free organic meat!
(these guys were doing all this at 8:30 in the morning (still so dark) in -20 degree weather! brrrrrr)

4 comments:

Rebecca said...

That is disgusting,BUT it will make some deeelicious hamburger!

Camille said...

Wow! Nothing like Common sense from the government! Sarah Palin must have had something to do with that one. (: Is that steam from the moose? It looks cold out there! I hope Mooseburger tastes yummy since you're gonna have some!

Merm said...

Yes, that is steam from the moose crazy eh? I hope we like moose burger too!!

Steph said...

Um, yeah, that's pretty gross.